Chinese Color AtlasCHINESE TRADITIONAL COLOR ARCHIVE
CHAPTER Ⅰ · THE BODY OF COLOR
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灰 · GRAY  ·  Source-backed name

曾青

Ceng Qing
CÉNG · QĪNG
石黛刷幽草，曾青澤古苔。
HEX
#535164
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Ⅱ · THE BODY MEASURED
色之数
一种颜色的身体，可以被四种不同的语言
讲述。设计师只取其一。
HEX
#535164
hexadecimal · 6-bit
RGB
83 81 100
red · green · blue
HSL
246° 4% 36%
hue · saturation · lightness
CMYK
17 19 0 61
cyan · magenta · yellow · key
i · POETRY · 诗谶
「石黛刷幽草，曾青澤古苔。」
—— 李白 · 《求崔山人百丈崖瀑布圖》
ii · ETYMOLOGY · 字源

东方之色（五行木所主）。从生从丹会意，象征草木生发。

iv · AI PROMPT

曾青 (曾Cyan, #535164) as the primary color for a digital illustration, paired with complementary Chinese traditional colors, elegant and harmonious composition

Ⅵ · THE COMPANY IT KEEPS
a color is
known by its
neighbors.
PRI
曾青
#535164
ACC
棕绿
#827100
SEC
宝蓝
#4B5CC4
LIGHT
蒼蒼
#5976BA
DARK
黑色
#000000
“曾青 与棕绿 同陈，色相不夺，互为衬托。”
— DESIGNER NOTE · FROM THE PAIRING ARCHIVE
FIGMA ↓
FOLIO V · COLOR CONSTELLATION

Color Constellation

Read it from the center outward: the center is 曾青; the inner ring is adjacent colors, the middle ring is analogous colors, and the outer ring is complements.

曾青#535164墨鴉玄黝藏柳風INNER · ADJACENTMIDDLE · ANALOGOUSOUTER · COMPLEMENT
ADJACENT
Adjacent

Close hue neighbors

ANALOGOUS
Analogous

Same-temperature drift

COMPLEMENT
Complement

Counterpoint across the orbit

ETYMOLOGY · 色名出处
《說文解字·卷五·青部》

青：東方色也。木生火，從生、丹。丹青之信言象然。

东方之色（五行木所主）。从生从丹会意，象征草木生发。

SOURCE VIA WIKISOURCE ↗
SOURCE
daodaolee/china-color
daodaolee/china-color · 现代整理来源
VERIFICATION
色名出处
已附语源或色名来源说明；HEX 仍按现代设计近似处理。
RELIABILITY
Source-backed name
Name or color sense has source support; HEX may be a modern approximation unless measured data is attached
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